why are rent shops not illegal?
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its just like illegal downloading except they make money from it.
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they paid for the DVDs
and they have to apply a license -
They pay royalties for it.
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For 1, they paid a lot a lot more than the average $40 for a DVD
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I dunno if they still practice it now,
some shops do employ scrambling techonologies when they detect you try to copy a DVD/VHS -
VCDs are very easy to copy. Almost drag and drop will do it.
DVDs got more protection, but a decent ripping software shall do the trick.
Dunno if making backups for personal usage is legal or not. -
VCDs are very easy to copy. Almost drag and drop will do it.
It is not legal to even do a backup........ but as if most of us give a da**. I rip or convert the movie to Divx and download into my MPEG4 player.......
DVDs got more protection, but a decent ripping software shall do the trick.
Dunno if making backups for personal usage is legal or not.
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there is no way to prevent the movie from being copied ... u can use software, or an encoder when u play the movie (non detectable)... the only way is to provide free
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yup
my friend duplicated some and returned the original ones back
if there's a anti piracy program, surely there will be some hackers working on some program to bypass it. -
Making a copy for personal backup is allowed for, under the Copyright Act, provided you own a single license prior. But you may not use it for commercial purposes or public viewing,
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Originally posted by LazerLordz:Making a copy for personal backup is allowed for, under the Copyright Act, provided you own a single license prior. But you may not use it for commercial purposes or public viewing,
Maybe in Singapore it's allowed for.
I remembered clearly that someone high ranking from a movie studio saying that if you want to do back up, buy another original DVD of the same movie. There's no way I can forget this. -
Well, that's my understanding of the Copyright Act.Originally posted by Parka: Maybe in Singapore it's allowed for.
I remembered clearly that someone high ranking from a movie studio saying that if you want to do back up, buy another original DVD of the same movie. There's no way I can forget this.
Anyway, when anyone high-ranking from the studios or the media speaks, I become skeptical, extremely skeptical. I simply do not trust these people and their agenda.
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how much do one of those license cost? and they have to pay for the license for every new show that comes out.
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Originally posted by LazerLordz:Well, that's my understanding of the Copyright Act.
Anyway, when anyone high-ranking from the studios or the media speaks, I become skeptical, extremely skeptical. I simply do not trust these people and their agenda. Sounds legal for me.
Maybe it's because I didn't read the updated Copyright Act last year. But the Copyright Act is very very simple. No duplication, unless for review, educational uses and some other uses I can't remember. -
yup, something along that line.Originally posted by Parka: Sounds legal for me.
Maybe it's because I didn't read the updated Copyright Act last year. But the Copyright Act is very very simple. No duplication, unless for review, educational uses and some other uses I can't remember.